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Not only did Beverly Carlson take a flight on Leap Day during a Leap Year, she also flew across the equator on a Qantas Empire Airways Boeing 707. An old maritime shipboard tradition was to celebrate crewmembers' and passengers' first passages over the equator or the international dateline. Like many maritime traditions, it was adopted by the aviation industry. On transoceanic flights, certificates were given out to passengers commemorating a crossing of the equator. How will you be spending your extra day? #LeapDay souvenir certificate: Qantas Empire Airways, equatorial crossing; 1964 Gift of Beverly Carlson 2005.023.009 https://collection.sfomuseum.org/objects/1729564507/
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